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Friday, December 4, 2009

Italian Almond Paste Cookie Recipe Cafe Style

One of my favorite cookies, we always stop at a local bakery in Upstate NY, and have to find these wonderful Almond Paste Cookies, a real Italian Specialty Cookie....

Using pine nuts (pignoli) on top, I put these in a measuring cup with a few tablespoons of water and three drops of green food coloring to make these for the holiday season. You can use any color you like or use plain. The aroma these have baking is just incredible. The almond paste is pure heavenly sweetness.

Easy to mix, its a very sugary consistency and thick, rolls nicely into round balls. Then add nuts to the top.

@Sanjana. thanks :)@Alison...no Alison I beleive marzipan has other ingredients, this is pure almond paste, similar though@Ricardo thanks Ricardo...hope you are doing well...you need to post and send something to us on Foodbuzz :)@Cheah take a look at this for you and @AlisonAlmond paste is made from ground almonds or almond meal and sugar, typically 50-55%, with a small amount of cooking oil, beaten eggs, heavy cream or corn syrup[1] added to bind the two ingredients. It is similar to marzipan but marzipan contains more sugar than almond paste, and often contains additional ingredients such as food preserves and food coloring. Almond paste has much less sugar, typically 50-55% compared to 75-85% sugar for marzipan of cheap quality (for comparison: Lübecker Marzipan contains 66% almonds). Almond paste is used as a filling in pastries, but it can also be found in chocolates and as a higher quality alternative to marzipan. In commercially manufactured almond paste, ground apricot or peach kernels are sometimes added to keep the cost down.

In the America, three companies market canned almond paste, with Sokol and Company's Solo Pure Almond Paste being the most popular by unit sales.

Wow, I take a few days off and miss all kinds of goodies! I love these cookies, you always see them on Italian cookie trays or Italina bakeries. It's hard to just eat one or two, they are totally addicting!

In our family, Palm Sunday started off the Holiday for Easter, with a blessing from grandma Victoria. Grandma would take the palms, dip the...

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My blog was created in 2009. When I first started blogging my main inspiration was keeping Mom's memory alive through her recipes she left behind. Cooking those recipes keeps her with us. My two grown sons and family members now have all the family traditional recipes in one place. This blog is dedicated to the memory ofMargaret Ann Fanelli Colenzo.